giantø?r catcher buster posey. less than an hour ago, the 25-year-old named national league most-valuable player. posey won the national league batting title a 336 average. and the first to do that since 1942. he helped lead giants to the world series. just moment ss ago, miguel cabrerra named american league mvp. >> is it the end of the line for twinkies? hosts says it may pull the plug and liquidate the companym. >> what's happening now in the east bay this, is the fifth day of a strike so far they've been able to keep store shelves stocked. however, products may disappear because the company

is taking the stand againstn]+@ one union. picket lines have been outside of the plant since saturday. negotiations for a new contract have been underway since spring. the parent company says a similar number ofbno3ç teamsters and 18,000 others could be out of work soon. >> they want to come back and, you know, sit down and bargain with us, it's up to them. the teamsters have an agreement. they're back to work. right? >> yes. they're back to work. >> does that hurt your position? >> no. >> the plant bakes sour dole and breads and it's a distribution sent center for the hosts line of snacks. but baker says they won't

accept the decrease in benefits. >> my check calculated about $60 a month. >> david morgan worked at columbo for years. hourly wages range from $19 to $22 an hour. the employees say they're new work if the company shuts down, host hosts -- hostess tell meez they'll wait to decide whether or not to liquid date. so far, people in oakland say they're not going back to work. in san leeand dro, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> protestors showed up at the uc reekent immediating today, demonstrators made the way into the meeting and started to shout and disrupting the meeting. protestors mad about the possibility of more tuition

hikes.. >> people pay $13,000 per year to go to school is too much. you know? it's gone up three times in 10d4 years. >> they may have to take a look at the holder next year to deal with a $276 million budget holexx59p that prop 30 wl not cover. >> new accusations today with research backing it up the oil industry may not have been telling the truth about why gas prices went through the roof here. >> 2010 was a record year for the number of gas price spikes. the increases in may and october were thought to be the result of refinery outages but in a hearing an oregon researcher says if refineries were continuing to produce, telling the public they were not. they came to that conclusion

studying thousands of pages of environmental documents. the report suggests the plant was taking -- making gasoline for at least half that time. >> this is a situation where no federal agency has a responsibility to follow this market. in the state, we have to depend on the attorney general office to find jobs but this is not the primary area. >> the western state petroleum association says in the past,knr every accusation of wrong doing is found to be a function of supply and demand. >> and today in oakland, p.$92. numbers based on the daily

fuel gauge report. >> a plastics company employee killed by a forklift, sky 7 overhead in oakland where this occurred, happened around 9:45 this mosh morning and super link plastics. oakland police and cal oshar investigating this situation. the victim's name has in the been released. >> disability rights advocates filed a lawsuit over conditions at the jail. the stut claims the largest jail violates rights because it does not comply with americans with disabilities act. ;rtá..$t reviewed it vallejo investigators looking into a string of fire that's broke out within minutes of each other. >> going up a smoke, a house, and a veterinarian office on york street. >> this was the second fire of the night. village bar started burning

before pk a.m. firefighters were sus spishus, and then, couldn't believe it when the call of a third fire came in. all three looked suspicious, all within about 12 hours of each other. >> someone is lighting fires. we're doing our best to find who it is. and are doing the best we can. >> the first fire around 8:30, then, village bar, after closing time, around 3:00. and a third fire at a)íéx) pet clinic. this is a trend going on for a while now. >> last six to eight months we've had fires with similar m.o.. you know? in terms of time of day or night and day of the week. there is no pattern we're find oogt fires keep happening empty buildings suggesting the

arsonist doesn't want to hurt anyone. the owner of the pet hospital told us someone usually sleeps here in the building. they just weren't here last night. and firefighters say there are people next door to think b like four members of this family next door to the animal clinic. >> hopefully people causing fires actually get found and get you know, face consequences for what they're doing. >> police tell us the doirs do look similar, firefighters say no one has been hurt. but they're worried that that could change. at this point police don't have suspects. none that they're talking >> israel and israeli troopsqé.÷

are in the gaza strip border for a rocket attack that killed three israelies today. to begin israel to start mobilizing reserves. israel responding with air strikes on military targets in gaza city. 16 casualties are reported, including civilians following an air strike that killed hamas's top military commander. >> late this afternoon, cia announced it's opening an investigation into the general conduct of former cia director petraeus resigned over an affair, claiming he never gave las fied information owe to his miss stress, paula broadwell. defense secretary pin yetta spoke about the scandal. >> i am not aware of any others that could with involved in this issue. >> petraeus says resignation

had nothing to do with the testimony that he will be giving tomorrow before a committee regarding the attack in benghazi, libya. >> let's take a look at the weather. >> we're about to enter a rather extended period of rainy, unsettled weather. you can see that there are clouds thickening now. off shore a batch of moisture up from the northwest. there is a movement of the moisture coming up from our southwest. we don't expect area wide rainfall until later tonight. we'll watch progress as it moves closer, temperatures into low to mid-60s. here is the forecast. showers developing late tonight, perhaps near midnight. then overnight into morning expect a wet commute tomorrow morning and rain developing

and continuing to intensify throughout the day. a rainy day. and there is more rain still to come. >> thank you. still ahead at 4:00 a big announcement today on bp.6kkbk settlements coming down after that explosion and oil spill. >> just a week before thanksgiving local food banks what is causing the need right now oof shoppers lining up already for black friday sales. >> taking a look now at the san francisco sqiway. cars trying to make their way across the bay bridge. a smoother ride for drivers heading to 101 south. stay with us.

a charity is short of turkeys for needy families and pretty much every food bank tells us they're facing the same situation. sacred heartw6b community servie was busy today, one service is giving away 4,000 turkey was a box of other food items for thanksgiving this, year, they're running way behind and running out of time. >> we need support because we're short, big time. about 30,000 turkeys, monday we have to give them out. today is thursday. >> sake kret heart has been

providing assistance for nearly 50 years, for more informationljñ just log on to ac 7 news.com. you need the news team it will be broadcast live from around the bay area, we'll take donations for food banks with more information on a lok, you can go to abc 7 news.com. >> black friday is a week way. some people are already lined up outside stoirs. two women are in line. the store manager says black friday saw sales last year in the national retail federation predicts shoppers will spend 400s oodz that is a tad early. >> cisco acquires a cloud

software company. >> we're wlif today's after the bell report. >> good afternoon. you want to start with dell, appearing to be hitting dell pretty hard. the numbers heading in the wrong direction. still, $13.7 billion. and that is down 47%. the forecast callscthck for gro, it expects economic environment to remain powerful. zynga losing it's treasurer to become twitter's treasurer and vp of corporate finance. this two days after the cfo left for facebook. half a dozen others have also left.

and john mcafee insisting he's innocent he is on the run in the central american country telling "wired" magazine he believes the government in belize is corrupt and will do anything to find him. >> i don't know what the end game is. it's given enough time they will prak me down. very to ee. i have to have supplies. and i'm using a telephone they'll figure out which phone to get it. you know? it's just time. >> he is wanted for questioning in the murder. police say he's a person+:uh of interest. cisco focusing on the cloud announcing it's buying a software company9kub applied

materials is forecasting more tough times, world's largest producer of chip making equipment expects revenue to fall. results weren't great either, applying a loss of $15 million, first loss in three years. take a look at the broader markets. another down day for the major bench mark indexes dropping to ineestors concerned abouth8g/b budget talks. the conflict escalating in%lzi israel. your bloomberg silicon valley ibm plans to offer loans for clients setting aside $4 million for loans to business partners. the loans will be interest free and big blue is developing smart phones to try to make it a little bit easier. larry, carolyn, back to you its starting to look more gray

outside there. >> rain is coming up. >> justwf9=ñ in case you've been lulled into the feeling about the weather. hold on. we're about to go on a rainy ride. there is clouds thickening. you can see the showers in the moisture out over the ocean right now moving up from the southwest. let me show you the movement moving towards the bay area, we'll get rainfall here touching the ground. so... forecast features light shourgs, after midnight periods of rain. we'll have a chance of rain into next week. off, and on. tonight more on then off once it starts. low temperatures in low 50s.

and showers coming in from the west southwest, moving through tomorrow morning. making for a wet commute morning and evening tomorrow, satellite shows this moisture wrapping around it, moving into parts of southern california now. and other areas south so. this mild air mass is moving up towards bay area. we can have patches of light rainfall already. certainly we'll have after midnight. by beginning of rush hour tomorrow, morning we'll have mod troit heavy rain, then, tomorrow evening, tomorrow night about 10:00 we can see thunderstorms up in the north bay. it continues through morning hours. another wave of moderate to heavy rainfall will move through saturday. saturday night, and more

showers and colder air coming behind that front. partial clearing sunday, may last for a few hours. rainfall totals by sunday morning over two and a half inches in the north bay counties. perhaps an inch and a half in parts of the east bay. up to three inches possible in the santa cruz mountains. snow will arrive over the weekend in the sierra. we're looking at more rainfall near lake level friday and saturday. cold air sunday, back to the bay area tomorrow, showery day. high temperatures into low to mid-60s, mild tomorrow because cold yir air won't arrive until saturday night into sunday. here is the accu-weather forecast. unsettled wet the next couple days. periods of showers rain

possible just about every day after that. maybe we'll have drier wernl. >> thank you. >> update on the breaking news situation we told you about earlier in this newscast. a hazmat crew is on the scene near the hall of justice in san francisco on moss street. you can see fire department waiting out siftd building. a police officer inhaled something investigating a call for a tennent land loord despite. >> officials tell us there is strong chemical smell in the air. stay with us,

>> if you haven't seen this, you possibly heard about it. i'm talking about a goal on a soccer game being talked about as maybe the greatest ever scored. sweden played england and a swedish striker takes center stage. >> wow. >> this is unbelievable. the bicycle kick from 90 feet and soccer historians saying this might be one of the best goals, ever. certainlyry high degree of difficulty there.

from 90 feet way. >> yes. >> a modern family store lending his fashion sense to charity. keira nightly talks about her latest movie. >> a love triangle is the anna korininana. keira knightley stars as a russian princess in the center of an affair. >> you never are sure how you feel about her. i thought that is fascinating. >> find out how you feel about her in theaters tomorrow. on another red carpet last night, cast of modern family supporting one of their own. star jesse tyler ferguson and his fiancee launching a line of bow ties. >> proceeds going towards marriage equality, getting people to swear our bow ties

is important and they're nice bow ties. >> and tonight a queen arrived on horse back. the show is called shania, still the one. and which video vixen returning to music after a 20 year hiatus? find out right now on otrc.com. >> still to come the president taking a look at the damage left by super storm sandy. >> forget usual paper targ yismt a gun range letting customers take aim at e

a major settlement over the 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. oil giant bp agreed to pay a record $4.5 billion. bp is pleading guilt dwree criminal charges related to the deaths of 11 workers and also, lying to congress, three

workers have been charged and two facing manslaughter charges. the attorney general announced it this morning. >> $2.4 billion will be dedicated to environmental restoration, and conservation efforts throughout the region and there is a die yergs project here in louisiana. >> holder says it marks the single criminal find and largest total criminal resolution in the hist rit of the united states. >> the president got a look at the destruction and devastation caused by super storm sand yes making a tour in marine 1 over portions of queens. >> he. >> we're thinking of you, god bless. >> a look at the devastation for the president. damage on stattent island is everywhere.

but what you can't see is the internal struggle many new yorkers are facing. >> i had the opportunity to give hugs and communicate thoughts and prayers to the moore family. they lost two young sons. during the course of the tragedy. >> the president says the federal government will be new york governor is requesting $30 billion in aid. >> there is a lot of clean up to do. people need help and heat. they need power. they need food. they still need shelter. >> progress being made at a snail's pace. >> national guard is assisting

with clean up, long time residents want to know when help will come. >> we need shelter, heat and funding. we need feem ra to come n nobody knows where they stand. what is going to happen? what is going to go on? >> somep hea benefit concert being held next month. proceeds benefiting robinhood relief fund in new york, new jersey and connecticut. >> united airlines is back on track this afternoon after a system wide malfunction that stranded thousands around the world, again. united says the software clashed. the delay rafted two hours. the scene not too bad, actually. this is at least the third major computer glitch the world largest airline adopted the system being used by continental airlines. coming up on abc 7 news at

5:00 what are your rights if your flight is cancelled by one of those computer glitches? >> if you're flying, get ready for big crowds. san francisco international airport is expecting 140,000 passenger arrivals just tomorrow alone. and that will be the single busiest day of the thansgiving travel period.r sfo says expect to see a 3% increase this year compared to last year. >> a service is in place at san francisco international airport. letting passengers speed through security just like they did before september 11th. traigs -- transportation security administration precheck program allows some to bypass the lines. passengers can get on the list if they're frequent flyers of certain airlines or going >> may not have to take shoes off or outer coat off or lap top out of the bag or 311 bag out of the carry on.

>> 32 airports now use the program. the tsa says screeners won't p do not have to waste time checking passengers they dmot consider a threat. >> fda investigating reports of 13 deaths linked to the drink called five-hour energy. there are 92 reports of ill affects. the agency looking into five deaths linked reportedly to monster, a energy drink containing more caffeine than . >> a florida gun range is moving past paint ball battles allowing customers to fire shots at each other. combat city uses specially designed ammunition there are

also self-defense classes including ones designed for women. if you get shot, it will hurt. >> there is supposed to be a degree of pain with it so you do learn from i. >> someone trying to hurt you you learn to be tactical. >> the owners say it's facility tests nerves and helps them to know if they have it in them to shoot another person. >> back to breaking news we told but this at the top of the last. crews stopped this leak after a water main break that is in the outer sunset. water coming from that spot. live picture right here so water has been stopped in that area, good news. >> it's one of the hottest

movie franchises now. the last film in the series opens. >> is this worth all of the hype? >> it's one of the most popular side dishes at thanksgiving. how do you know you've got the tastiest version? coming up, putting stuffing to the test. >> in emeryville, you can see darker, thicker low clouds. in just hours we'll see rain. i'm spencer christian and will have the accu-weather forecast coming up.

final chapter in a billion dollar film series is in theaters tonight. it wraps up the vampire and werewolf epic, don sanchez has reaction. >> he finally was born to be a vampire. >> so beautiful. >> they're back for a final bow and bite. bella is now a vampire with red eyes, fast, strong, and cracks his back and she likes to hunt humans.

they're trying to get a clue to the chemistry between the two. >> welcome home. >> they have a house looks like a thomas kincaid painting. and vampires never sleep them have time on their hands. it gets steamy. explain those limbs to the younger kids. they have a baby. she is half human, half vampire, vampire children are against the rules so an evil volturi in itally thinks she has to be eliminated. there are changes. tailor laugtner only takes a shirt off once. the dialogue is still drab. people stair at each other, maybe thinking how many millions this one will make. it's a pop culture phenom. there is gorey violence like decapitations and bodies tron

into the flames. special affects are cheesey. there are a lot of laughs. and a twist, a shocking surprise. when credits roll, i wonder if the studio has a pr problem. probably not. it's a satisfying conclusion to the series. we'll have to give it a little more than a half a bucket. i'm don an chez, and we'll see you on the aisle. >> and if you're go together movie bring an umbrella. >> yes. sure. >> this afternoon air, cloud lover's delight. clouds in different levels. and rain not far behind. so moving into our direction

we'll see wet weather here tonight and overnight. tomorrow, state wide going to be a wet day. drier, milder down south. in the bay area, rain arrives tonight and tomorrow morning. some periods of moderate to heavy rainfall sm. periods of breaks in activity. just hours. -- showers, it's going to be a mild day this moisture coming up from the southwest. we've got a colder storm coming in over the weekend that comes from northwest. so we've got storms from various directions aiming at us. >> thank you. >> okay. >> just ahead, growing concerns about diabetes, rates skyrocket across the united states. >> one thing you can do to improve heart health that only takes minutes per day. >> coming up at 7 on your side, stuffing taste test. dishes coming out on top

the nation's diabetes problem is getting worse. health officials say big changes being sneen a number of southern states n oklahoma rate tripled in the last 15 years. health officials believe extra weight explains increase. they say rates are up because people with diabetes are living longer. >> a new study says meditation

appears to have a positive affect on recusing heart tacks. it's a practice designed to such as repeating a word or participants who meditated 20 minutes twice per day over five years were nearly 50% less like to have a heart attack, stroke, or die in that time frame compared to patients who did not. the study was published in journal circulation. >> just a week from thanksgiving. anyone who hosts thanksgiving dinner knows how much work it is to prepare. a good store bought stuffing can help eliminate stress in the kitchen and they'll never know. you hope they don't know. >> that is the point. it's posh. the stuffing does have to taste good. consumer reports taste test found not all of the >q

a moiflt brown turkey isn't complete without a delicious stuffing. preparing from scratch is a lot of work. can you wow guests with a store bought stuffing? consumer reports tested 11 to see if you can cut corners and get tasty results. testers looked at oneysiñs and each was prepared according to directions. adding ingredients like butter or margarin ee. we%zkyuyññ wantt to have a fresh broth flavor and you wanted to taste fresh vegetables.. >> these didn't come close to home mid. >> most tasted of chewy vegetables, crunchy crumbs, dried seasonings. overpowering herbs. >> testers say there is hope.

>> both pepperridge farm called for fresh ingredients. >> consumer reports says both would be a tasty addition to thanksgiving dinner and no one need know the stuffing isn't homemade. while you won't mistake it for a health food, consumer reports says you can make it a little healthier by using lower sodium broth, and add more veg skbreez herbs for more flavor. and i have a confession. i don't like stuffing. >> looks fine to me. >> thank you. >> hidden camera pranksters hit the streets.

>> thank you. >> there is a run down, first up, greg benson of the film channel approach random strangers in manhattan beach with a question. do you have a problem? >> what is going on? >> no. i just want to know if you had a problem. >> he can help you with it. >> no. no. >> are you sure? >> i am easy. >> all right. true. >> you got a problem? >> your friend? >> i understand. i can't help you these guys prank video goes big online. flaft time they talked to people on the beach in baby talk form and now this, one.

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a major exhibit called royal treasures from the lourve opens saturday, featuring many pieces from that time period. >> this is$)e the first time thy have left france. president of of the paris museum coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> a new 7-11 opened in a san

nayo neighborhood. how long will it stay open? >> 100 residents, not if they have their way. vic lee is live where the counsel may decide the store's fate tonight. vic? >> well, a city official told me they can't remember a more contentious issue than this. çkx hall gearing up for a crowd tonight. they expect several hundred people in city council chambers. there is only one thing on the agenda. that 7-11 in north san mateo. to00 people in the neighborhood signed pet yigs asking the city to stop the 7-11 from opening. they don't want a convenience store that may invite loitering in this family friendly neighborhood. >> this is a high use market. people will come here 24 hours

her per day. deliveries will be made. >> they say the permit show slipped through without going through appropriate process. >> they gave no public notice of that. they gave no legal process to that. >> the property sits on land that was2ujk designated as a residential zone. the old zone was a deli that was grandfathered in as a legal, nonconfirming building. neighbors say the new 7-11 violates a zoning code saying when such a building has been discontinued or aband beyond six months, it should revert back to residential.ki) the building has been vacant nearly two years since stangelini shut it's doors. the community development director believes it boils down to one thing. >> was this abandoned? what is the definition? >> grote saying the new

landlord made minor repairs so that showed they weren't abandoning the building. >> they were continuing to market it, and to keep it up in good repair. >> the neighbors also point out this other word in the ordinance. discontinued. business in the building was discontinued former than six months. >> that is why residents say that will be there illegally. by the way our calls to the but i'll bet lawyers will be here tonight. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 6:00. >> thank you. a family mourning the loss of a newborn suffers a double tragedy. a burglar staelz the baby's urn.

>> i'm sandhya patel. live from the roof of the kgo-tv broadcast center we'll have a wet pattern coming up. >> thank you. and only on abc 7 news, you'll hear from a nairnt blew the whistle on a registered sex offender she saw volunteering at one of her children's schools. >> good evening. >> a tearful plea tonight from a single mother after burglaries crossed a serious line. >> the antioch woman lost her newborn, she's begging thiefs to return this urn holding her baby's ashes. laura? >> she lost her son earlier this year for a time she was homeless and in and out of shelters in the area, she found a new home for herself and her three children. they meefed in just a few

months ago. now, this. >> my heart is already broken. it will stay broken. but i want to be able to have that. >> she can't shake the sadness and worry its all i have of my babe yeechl all. please don't throw it away. don't discard it. >> they opened up the drawer and dumped everything. >> wednesday night, the home was ransacked and burglarized. tvs, electronics, jewelry, a individual crow game system, her kids christmas presents carried away in the darkness of night. it's a crime the single mother and three kids in interrupted. they came home just after 5:00 p.m. from a family outouting. >> this is where they came n they broke the window. >> the burglars rummaged through the toy box. the